Linda Kepner and I had crossed paths long before we knew each other as writers. Today, our paths merge again on our author journeys. I am so pleased to welcome her to my blog today. So, Linda, please tell us a little about yourself. I am a multi-genre writer – I write science fiction, fantasy, slightly historical (1969) romance, and vampire fiction. I grew up on a farm in New York State, about 65 miles from Montreal; graduated from a college (Eisenhower) and got my advanced degree (Geneseo) in the same Finger Lakes region where Elizabeth’s The Cavanaugh House is Read More
Tag: Sci-fi
How Revision Shaped Andrea Cooper’s SHADOW BLOODLINES
In a perfect writer’s world, the first time we put pen to paper words would flow out into perfectly constructed scenes which would become page-turning novels. In the real writer’s world, it takes many revisions and copious editing to improve draft one of a manuscript into a published book. Today Andrea Cooper shares how she transformed draft one of her opening scene in Shadow Bloodlines to a suspenseful scene that sets the tone of the book. Welcome, Andrea! Opening chapters are hard. Writers must engage the reader immediately, set the tone and setting for the novel all without the Read More